ISTANBUL – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan observed on Tuesday that isolating Qatar, including by the use of sanctions, would not resolve any problems, adding that Turkey would do everything to help end the crisis.

Addressing the audience after a fast-breaking iftar dinner, Turkish president said he had spoken to French President Emmanuel Macron, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri, and Jordan´s King Abdullah, among others, as part of a policy to mitigate the skirmish between the Muslim countries.

“I hope sanctions will be lifted soon,” he said, in comments broadcast live on television.

A Turkish presidential source said earlier that Erdogan had also spoken with leaders of Qatar, Russia, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia on resolving the tension.

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After the talks between Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin said late on Monday they called for dialogue and compromise.

Qatar Isolation

In an unexpected development, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Egypt, Yemen and Libya severed their diplomatic links with Qatar on Monday. The latest country to join the bandwagon was Maldives that also announced maintaining no relations with Gulf state ‘because of its firm opposition to activities that encourage terrorism and extremism’.

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Reacting to the visible isolation, Qatar’s Foreign Ministry expressed deep regret over the decision of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates’ and Egypt to break diplomatic ties with it.

Qatar Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman on Tuesday said that Kuwait was making effort to defuse the diplomatic crisis.

Pakistan’s Reaction

After the untoward decision by Muslim countries, international powers were wondering whether Pakistan would side with Saudi Arabia or takes a different turn.

However, a Foreign Office statement confirmed that Pakistan had no immediate plan to severe ties with Qatar.

“Pakistan has no such plans,” FO spokesperson Nafees Zakaria said in a statement.

“At the moment there is nothing on Qatar issue, (we) will issue a statement if some development takes place,” Zakaria added.